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Excerpted from The New Faces Of Christianity by Philip Jenkins, copyright © 2005 by Philip Jenkins. Used by permission of Oxford University Press, Inc. Because of layout constraints, footnotes that appear in the book have been omitted here.

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Philip Jenkins spoke with CT about how Global South Christians read the Bible.

The New Faces of Christianity: Believing in the Bible in the Global South and Jenkins's earlier book, The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global Christianity are available at ChristianBook.com and other retailers.

Oxford University Press has more information on the book.

Other Christianity Today articles on the Global South include:

Out of Africa | The leader of nearly 18 million Nigerian Anglicans challenges the West's theology and control. (July 2005)

It's a Small Church After All | Globalization is changing how Christians do ministry.(November 6, 1998)

Turning the World Upside Down | The coming of global Christianity. (March 1, 2002)

Other Christianity Today articles by Philip Jenkins include:

The Real Story of Secularization | Is Europe a special case? Philip Jenkins (November 1, 2002) books and culture

Downward, Outward, Later | A superb new history of Christianity. By Philip Jenkins (September/October 2006)

Other interviews with Philip Jenkins are available at NPR's Fresh Air, The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, and The Atlantic Monthly (subscription required)

Jenkins' article, "The Next Christianity," appeared in The Atlantic Monthly.

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